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Thyroid hormone modifies mitochondrial phenotype by increasing protein import without altering degradation

E E Craig1, A Chesley, D A Hood

  • 1Departments of Biology and Kinesiology and Health Sciences, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M3J 1P3.

The American Journal of Physiology
|December 9, 1998
PubMed
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Thyroid hormone enhances mitochondrial protein import into cardiac cells, specifically for matrix proteins like malate dehydrogenase (MDH). This upregulation of protein import machinery components contributes to thyroid hormone

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Area of Science:

  • Mitochondrial biology
  • Cardiovascular physiology
  • Endocrinology

Background:

  • Thyroid hormone significantly impacts the mitochondrial phenotype in cardiac muscle cells.
  • Understanding the mechanisms behind these alterations is crucial for cardiac health.
  • Mitochondrial protein import is a key process regulated within cells.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate how thyroid hormone influences the rate of mitochondrial protein import in cardiac muscle.
  • To determine if thyroid hormone affects the import of proteins destined for different mitochondrial compartments.
  • To identify components of the mitochondrial import machinery that may be modulated by thyroid hormone.

Main Methods:

  • Assessing the import rates of precursor proteins malate dehydrogenase (MDH) and ornithine carbamoyltransferase (matrix-localized) and Bcl-2 (outer membrane) in response to thyroid hormone treatment.

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  • Measuring levels of mitochondrial import receptors (Tom20) and matrix heat-shock proteins (mthsp70) under thyroid hormone influence.
  • Utilizing adriamycin inhibition studies to evaluate the role of cardiolipin.
  • Supplementing import reactions with rat heart cytosol to assess its impact on protein import.

    • Main Results:

    • Thyroid hormone treatment augmented the import of matrix-localized proteins (MDH, ornithine carbamoyltransferase) but not the outer membrane protein Bcl-2.
    • Elevated levels of the outer membrane receptor Tom20 and matrix heat-shock protein mthsp70 were observed with thyroid hormone treatment.
    • The phospholipid cardiolipin was not found to mediate the thyroid hormone-induced increase in import.
    • Cytosol differentially affected MDH and Bcl-2 import, and thyroid hormone did not alter the cytosol's influence.

    Conclusions:

    • Distinct requirements exist for the import of mitochondrial proteins into different compartments.
    • Thyroid hormone upregulates the import of specific matrix-localized proteins, likely by altering the expression of protein import machinery components.
    • These compartment-specific modifications in protein import contribute to the overall thyroid hormone-induced changes in the cardiac mitochondrial phenotype.